The Scottish Naturalist. 1 7 



Thyatira batis, not uncommon, Cluny Hill ; Cymatophora dup/aris, common ; 

 C. or, on aspens, Cluny Hill ; C. fiavicornis, not uncommon ; Acronycta psi, 

 very common ; A. leporina, occasionally at rest, also larvae on birch ; A. ligus- 

 tri, common at sugar, Cluny Hill, Califer, and also near the Ferry ; A. rumicls, 

 very frequent, Cluny Hill, also on the Califer ; A. myriaz, took one specimen 

 at rest, on a house near pallas, and Mr. Longstaff took one larva on the Cali- 

 fer Hill ; Leucania conigera, very common ; L. lithargyria, a perfect pest to 

 sugarers ; L. i?npura, occasionally ; L. pallens, swarming at sugar ; Nonagria 

 sp., I saw several specimens flying over a marshy pond, and fancy it may have 

 been fulva, but did not take the insects ; Hydrcecia nictitans, in profusion, 

 especially at sugar, near the Ferry ; H. micacea, very common at Cluny Hill ; 

 Xylophasia rurea, very common at sugar ; X. polyodon, swarming everywhere at 

 sugar, the dark varieties range in colour from bistre brown to coal black ; Dip- 

 terygia pinastri, taken by Mr. Dunbar Dunbar, of Seapark, near Forres ; Cha- 

 rceas graminis, very common some years, on ragwort flowers, especially near 

 Kinkorth and the sea ; Cerigo cytherea, not unfrequent on a "Cossus" birch, Cluny 

 Hill ; Luperina testacea, everywhere ; Mamcstra abjecta, occasionally ; M.furva, 

 not unfrequent at sugar ; M. brassiccc, common ; M. anceps, not uncommon ; 

 Apatnca basilinea, abundant ; A. gemina, not unfrequent ; A. fibrosa, taken 

 occasionally at sugar, Cluny Hill, also more frequently near the Ferry,— I have 

 not hitherto discovered the food plant in the neighbourhood, but it probably 

 does grow in the low grounds near the " Claddy Moss" ; A. oculea, very com- 

 mon ; Miana strigilis, common at sugar ; M. literosa, common at sugar ; M. 

 faciuncula, swarming at sugar, and often by day on ragwort ; Caradrina blanda, 

 not unfrequent ; C. cubicularis, swarming in the hay fields ; C. alsines, occa- 

 sionally at sugar near the Ferry ; Rusina tcnebrosa, abundant ; Agrotis valligcra, 

 not uncommon at sugar, Cluny Hill,— also on ragwort, near the Culbin Sands ; 

 A. suffusa, common; A. scgetum, common ; A. saucia, taken occasionally at 

 sugar on the Cluny Hills ; A. luuigcra, not unfrequent at sugar ; A. exclama- 

 tionis, common ; A. corticea, common ; A. cursoria, not uncommon, by beat- 

 ing out of the "bents," Culbin Sands ; A. nigricans, common ; A. tritici, 

 swarming some years ; A. aquilina, rare at sugar, Cluny Hill ; A. agathina, 

 very abundant, flying over heather on the Califer Hill, — very rarely at sugar, 

 Cluny Hill; A. porphyrca, swarming wherever heather grows; A. prcecox, 

 occasionally at Cluny Hill, larva? very abundant on Salix repens, on the Culbin 

 Sands, — they require digging up by day ; A. pyrophila, several specimens, 

 " Edgehill," at rest, others by beating the " bents " on the Culbin Sands ; Tri- 

 phcena iantfcna, very abundant, Cluny Hills, and near the Ferry ; T. fimbria, 

 very common ; T. orbona, swarming at sugar, — the beautiful black and red 

 varieties are quite common on the Cluny Hills, and near the Ferry ; T. subsequa, 

 not uncommon at sugar, Cluny Hill, also frequently at a "Cossus " birch near the 

 greenhouse ; T. pronuba, abundant ; Noctua glareosa, plentiful by sugaring ; 

 N. depuncta, some years abundant, — not rare on Cluny Hill, but certainly more 

 common near the Ferry ; N. augur, everywhere ; N. plecta, occasional ; N. C- 

 nigrum, common ; N. triangulum, not common ; N. brunnea, very frequent ; 

 N. festiva, abundant at sugar, Cluny Hill ; N. confiua, very common ; N. rubi, 

 common ; N. -umbrosa, very common, especially on ragwort, near the Ferry ; 

 N. baia, common ; N. xanthographa, swarming ; JV. neglecta, not uncommon 

 at sugar, and on the heather, Califer Hill ; N. Dahlii, swarming at sugar, 

 especially on the Cluny Hills ; Trachea piniperda, swarming in the Chapeltown 

 Muir Wood, — also on sallow bloom ; Tcsniocampa gothica, abundant ; T. rubri- 



